History: Spicers Creek School

School name: Spicers Creek

Other name: -
County name: Lincoln
Transferred:
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Operating dates:
Type of school Opening date Closing date Half-time partner schools
Provisional School Jun 1878 Jun 1881
Public School Jun 1881 Apr 1901
Half-Time School May 1901 May 1907 LAMBING HILL
Half-Time School Jun 1907 Oct 1908 BUNGIEBOMAR
Public School Nov 1908 Apr 1927
Provisional School Sep 1934 Nov 1957
Public School Nov 1957 Dec 19841

1880 Teacher Appointed

On 21 September William Perkins was appointed teacher at Spicers Creek School2 .

1898

30 May 1898 Peter McCabe was instructed to act as teacher of Spicers Creek Public3 .

1900

12 September 1900 Peter McCabe was instructed to act as teacher at Drill Creek Provisional4 .

Spicers Creek Provisional School II in the County of Lincoln opened in September 1934. There was a previous school at Spicers Creek from 1878 to 1927. (1)

In 1934 the establishment of a provisional school required a minimum of ten students. (2)

In November 1957, the school was converted to a Public School which required a minimum of nine students. (3)

The school closed in December 1984. (4)

Endnotes
1. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.121; See AG/6815.
2. Ibid., p.17.
3. Ibid., pp.18, 121.
4. Ibid., p.1215 .